Melanie Brown & Eddie Murphy only had sex three times

Melanie Brown’s relationship with Eddie Murphy might have resulted in their daughter, Angel Iris, but an inside source has said that the rest of the affair was greatly exaggerated.

The pair were rumoured to have moved in together and sealed their love with tattoos after hooking up early in the summer of 2006 but now a source close to the Norbit star has claimed it wasn’t anywhere near as serious as Melanie told friends: “Mel might have been in love with Eddie but he was certainly NOT in love with her.”

“Mel did NOT live at his house although she told people she did. And it wasn’t a passionate relationship. They slept together just three times.”

“That’s why he was stunned when she announced she was pregnant after they split. He truly did not believe it was his child. As they only had sex a few times, and she’d PROMISED she had a contraceptive coil fitted, Eddie was certain it couldn’t be his.”

The source explained that the Spice Girl had big plans from the moment she met Eddie: “Right from the moment she was introduced to Eddie she was infatuated and started to tell her friends she was going to marry him.”

“It was clear Mel was desperate to be like Posh Spice and wanted a high profile catch like David Beckham. She wanted the fame and the fortune and more than anything she wanted a wealthy, A-list husband.”

“Getting involved with Mel was the worst mistake Eddie ever made and he’ll regret it for the rest of his life. He’s eaten away by bitterness and is convinced she’s trying to ruin him.”

“Mel said all the problems would go away if Eddie agreed to her demands for a $9million house in Malibu plus living expenses for 18 years.”

“Of course he will pay to support Angel - at the moment it’s $15,000 a month - but he refuses to be part of her life right now because he doesn’t want anything to do with Mel.”

“Things got so ugly between them Eddie even had his lawyer send her lawyer a letter accusing her of extortion - he thinks she’s been rubbishing his name in order to make him cave in to her outlandish financial demands.”

The source added that Eddie is convinced Melanie deliberately chose to give birth to daughter Angel 12 days early so the baby could share her birthday with her dad: “Angel was due on April 15th but Eddie’s birthday is on April 3rd and he firmly believes she purposely made an appointment to have a premature Caesarean section so that she could give birth that day.”

“He says Mel wanted to have another tie to him and this was her sick way of doing it. Now he says he’ll never again be able to enjoy his birthday as he’ll just be thinking of all the hurt she’s caused him.”

“It’s all so sad because there’s an innocent little girl involved here but Eddie is adamant that the two of them mean nothing to him - and I can’t see a time when he’ll ever forgive Mel.

“Eddie says when Angel is old enough to start asking about her dad, then he’ll meet her. But only if that ever happens. He’s still so angry and I think he always will be.”

Since their brief relationship, Melanie has married producer Stephen Belafonte and Eddie had a spiritual marriage to Tracey Edmonds at New Year but the couple separated two weeks later before undergoing a second ceremony in the US to legalise the marriage.